Posted on 06/04/2014 7:47:39 AM PDT by bestintxas
There are a few potentially important details surrounding the timeline leading to Bowe Bergdahl’s release that might deserve some discussion.
Truth Revolt supplies some details on the timeline:
This week’s [the week of Bergdahl’s release] secret diplomacy was not the first time the U.S. government had engaged the Taliban in an effort to negotiate a prisoner swap for the release of Bergdahl. In 2011, State Department officials held a series of meetings with Taliban leaders in Doha.
In Congress, there was bipartisan opposition to any release of Guantanamo prisoners. After the negotiations were made public in early 2012 by Sen. Dianne Feinstein the Taliban announced they were pulling out of the talks.
Truth Revolt continues:
The U.S. official praised this operation [the operation leading to Bergdahl’s release] as a show of interagency cooperation—it was a whole-government effort that he said had been in the works for five years. “We really got traction in the last week but we never lost sight of Bergdahl,” he said.
So, Bergdahl was left in Taliban hands in 2009, meetings were held to get him back in 2011, Feinstein went public about the talks in 2012 and the Taliban left the table. Then, Obama suddenly gained “traction” in the midst of a cresting VA scandal that pierced even the NBC shield.
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An all-out push from the WH and msm to paint this guy a hero and his fellow troops as liars. The machine is on full throttle.
Wait, what was that?
Everyone is focusing on Bergdahl. I doubt Obama cared a hoot about the guy. But Obama did want to get the 5 Taliban leaders out ot GITMO. Why? Excuse me while I adjust my tin foil hat..OK How much drug money would be available to the Taliban if they wanted to buy these guys release, not to mention money available to the King of Qatar? Who would you bribe? Would said person just show up unannouced in Afganistan to pick it up. Would a former Sec of State need to be cut in to her mouth shut? Are these questions really that crazy?
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This CIA agent surely knows our open borders and importation of Muslims leaves him no safe place. He needs Obama to protect him now.
I read the article as meaning that the outing of the CIA station chief was a “show of good faith” on the part of the administration; a way to say, “we’re serious about this trade.” So Obama tells his Muslim buddies that he’ll out the CIA head so they know who’s leading it all, that’ll give the Taliban a little breathing room (maybe the CIA was on to something?), and the “prisoner exchange” was a cherry on the top.
I agree with you. What I disagree with is the idea that he was exposed in order to neutralize any opposition to the swap he may have had.
Obama’s action had nothing to do with Bergdahl’s release he needs to empty Getmo before the next two election to hold his base he and party members are in mega panic mode.
Obama has proved once again he’s in need of a keeper.
And any complaints from the afgan cia station chief now, would just be seen as sour grapes. Besides, the sociopaths running the US, sometimes just like to dish out pain and watch their opponent squirm. A common trait amongst the sociopaths. They are not the sharpest tools in the drawer by far.
I could name 1/2 dozen things, but... the same thing stopping all of the people who were on the ground in Benghazi from telling the truth.
The regime, including all of its enablers, are guilty of treason. Arrest Congress, the Supreme Court, the Pentagon, Heads of alphabet news networks.
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.” - John Harrington
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” - Edmund Burke
The Taliban were not holding the traitor. Another group not associated with the Taliban were. Ollie North claims that group got a few million in the trade.
Also possible IMHO, perhaps the nullification of the US spy network.
Bingo! Mr. RR suggested this a couple of days ago.
I believe they knew, but they thought they could keep a lid on it. I think the White House expected the truth to come out: too many people knew about it. But, they didn't expect the knee-pad media to cover it.
With the knee-pad media's cooperation, they could just dismiss it as "right-wing opposition". It would echo around the blogosphere, but not break out to where the LIV's (low information voters) would be aware of it. Since that is Obama's core support, it wouldn't matter as long as it stayed off the nightly news.
Now, it has blown up in their faces and they are scrambling to do damage control. I don't think they expected the opposition from Democrat legislators, although it has been somewhat muted.
Today in WSJ they say the admin HAD to exchange Bergdahl because a VIDEO showed his health was deteriorating. Hmmm.
Same excuse as last time.
I suspect it was a last minute decision to rescue the “last POW” to look good on veterans/military to detract from the VA scandal.
Pick up a bribe or deliver $5 million in a cash, untraceable, ransom? Ollie North says we paid them millions.
(Administration Mum on Taliban’s Call for Release of Guantanamo Detainees - January 4, 2012)
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